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The Wilderness Society (TWS) applauded Senator Harry Reid and Representative Dina Titus today for convening a public meeting in Las Vegas to spotlight some of southern Nevada’s most treasured landscapes that deserve permanent protection.

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The Wilderness Society applauds President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget for responsibly addressing the damaging sequester and restoring essential funding to conservation, clean energy and outdoor recreation programs that support our nation’s treasured public lands and address the h

The Wilderness Society strongly opposes H.R. 330, a bill introduced this week that would undermine the ability of presidents to use the Antiquities Act to protect public lands that have significant historic, cultural or conservation value.

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President Obama will use his executive authority to create the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, an action that will improve outdoor recreation, safeguard vital water supplies and protect wildlife in the backyard of Los Angeles – the nation’s most populous county.

The Wilderness Society applauds the Obama Administration for advancing bipartisan efforts to further protect ocean ecosystems and their scientific value by using the Antiquities Act to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, an undisturbed island and atoll chain located 1,000

The Wilderness Society issued the following statement regarding tomorrow’s scheduled announcement that President Obama will expand the California Coastal National Monument by adding the Point Arena-Stornetta public lands.